POLICE NEWS

•Failure to register new address: Debrah Tripp, 40, a convicted sex offender, had registered with Ware County law enforcement recently but changed her residence without notification; Deputy Brian Newman went to check on her at her last known residence of the 2300 block of 17th Street and was told by several witnesses she had moved; she was located in Wayne County Thursday and was taken into custody by Wayne County law enforcement; she was booked into the Wayne County jail and was waiting to be returned to Ware County; she was convicted of rape in Fulton County, N.Y. in 1996.
•Burglary: someone entered a house in the 100 block of Ava Street between July 13 and Wednesday and stole several items including furniture and miscellaneous household goods; a man checking on the property for a relative discovered the items missing and checked with the property manager before making the report; the owner told the caretaker the items were supposed to be in the house; Waycross police are investigating.